Ricky Minard (196-F/G-82, college: Morehead St.) has finalized his deal with Besiktas. The forward will join the Turkish team this week. Ricky Minard started the season in Italy. He played for SAIE3 Bologna. Minard notched 10.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game in SeriaA. Last season Ricky Minard started with Azovmash in Ukraine. He averaged 16.0 points, 4.0 boards, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game in Superleague. In VTB League his stats read 12.6 points, 3.6 boards, 2.4 assists and 2.1 steals per appearance. Ricky Minard also delivered 16.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists in EuroCup. The forward finished the season with Novipiu Casale Monferrato in Italy. Minard posted 12.4 points, 3.5 boards and 3.4 assists in SeriaA. Previously he had stints in Russia, Italy, NBDL. He was EuroCup winner with Unics Kazan in 2011.

Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz (Liga Endesa) signed 28-year old Italian-Uruguayan guard Jayson Granger (189-87kg-89). He has played for the last two seasons at Anadolu Efes in Turkish BSL league. In 32 games he had 9.5ppg, 2.7rpg, 4.9apg and 1.3spg last season. Granger helped them to make it to the cup final and to the league semifinals. Granger also played 35 games in Euroleague where he recorded 9.7ppg, 2.7rpg and 3.9apg. He contributed to his team making it to the quarterfinals. Granger has... [read more]

Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz (Liga Endesa) signed 28-year old Italian-Uruguayan guard Jayson Granger (189-87kg-89). He has played for the last two seasons at Anadolu Efes in Turkish BSL league. In 32 games he had 9.5ppg, 2.7rpg, 4.9apg and 1.3spg last season. Granger helped them to make it to the cup final and to the league semifinals. Granger also played 35 games in Euroleague where he recorded 9.7ppg, 2.7rpg and 3.9apg. He contributed to his team making it to the quarterfinals.Granger has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2014.The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others his team won Turkish President Cup in 2016. Granger was also voted Eurobasket.com All-Spanish Liga Endesa Bosman Player of the Year in 2015.He represented Italy at the South American Championships in Chaco (Argentina) five years ago. Granger's team won Bronze and his stats at that event were 5 games: 12.8ppg, 5.4rpg, 3.2apg, 1.0spg, FGP: 58.6%, 3PT: 45.5%, FT: 83.3%. Granger has played on three different continents (Europe, Latin America and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in Spain (Unicaja Malaga, Movil Estudiantes and Movistar Estudiantes Madrid B) and Uruguay (Cordon).Granger is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league on the market. He could be described:
Jayson Granger is a nice size point guard who just knows how to play the game.
He makes great decisions with the basketball and is a nice quality ball handler and defender.
He has excellent passing skills and can score when the opportunity is there.

Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv (Winner League) signed 29-year old American point guard Norris Cole (188-79kg-88, college: Cleveland State). He played last season at Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. In 16 games he had 3.0ppg. Cole also played that season for Golden Stars in Chinese CBA where in 9 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.1ppg, 2.6rpg, 4.3apg and 1.7spg. In 2011 he was drafted by Chicago Bulls (NBA) in first round (28th overall). The former Cleveland State standoutis in his sevent... [read more]

Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv (Winner League) signed 29-year old American point guard Norris Cole (188-79kg-88, college: Cleveland State). He played last season at Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. In 16 games he had 3.0ppg. Cole also played that season for Golden Stars in Chinese CBA where in 9 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.1ppg, 2.6rpg, 4.3apg and 1.7spg.In 2011 he was drafted by Chicago Bulls (NBA) in first round (28th overall). The former Cleveland State standoutis in his seventh season in pro basketball.The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he played in the final of NBA in 2014. Cole was also voted All-Horizon League Player of the Year and All-Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year back in 2011 at his college time.Cole has played also professionally for other NBA teams like New Orleans Pelicans and Miami Heat.He could be described:
(by Tyler Ingle for NBADraft.net in 2011)
Well-rounded point guard with excellent leadership qualities a Solid size for a point guard a Impressive speed and agility a Has the lateral quickness to stay in front of his man a Competitive defender. Solid at everything but doesn't stand out in any facet a A "jack of all trades" kind of point guard a Very thin.

B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas (LKL) strengthened their roster with addition of 21-year old Lithuanian international center Martynas Sajus (208-110kg-96). It is actually his comeback to Kaunas as he has played here before. Sajus played most recently at Polpharma in Polish PLK league. In 34 games he recorded 9.9ppg, 6.3rpg and 1.2bpg last season. Great year indeed as he was selected Eurobasket.com All-Polish League Youth Player of the Year. The previous (15-16) season Sajus played at Zalgiris where... [read more]

B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas (LKL) strengthened their roster with addition of 21-year old Lithuanian international center Martynas Sajus (208-110kg-96). It is actually his comeback to Kaunas as he has played here before. Sajus played most recently at Polpharma in Polish PLK league. In 34 games he recorded 9.9ppg, 6.3rpg and 1.2bpg last season. Great year indeed as he was selected Eurobasket.com All-Polish League Youth Player of the Year. The previous (15-16) season Sajus played at Zalgiris where in 24 LKL games he averaged 3.8ppg and 2.8rpg. He helped them to win the league title (twice) and they also made it to the Cup final (twice). Sajus also played 10 games in Euroleague where he had just 1.4ppg and 1.9rpg. The other team Sajus played that season for was Zalgiris. In 24 LKL games he got 9.4ppg, 4.4rpg, 1.3apg and 1.2bpg.Sajus has been also a member of Lithuanian international program for some years. He was a member of both Senior and University National Teams this year and previously for University National Team in 2017.Sajus also represented Lithuania at the European Championships U20 in Helsinki (Finland) last year. His team won Silver and his stats at that event were 7 games: 9.7ppg, 5.9rpg, 1.3bpg, FGP: 61.7%, FT: 58.8%.Sajus has played previously for Sabonio.

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